DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 JULY 2015
DAILY NEWS IN INDIA
1. SWATI MALIWAL TOOK CHARGE AS CHAIRPERSON OF DELHI COMMISSION FOR WOMEN (DCW)
i. Swati Maliwal is appointed as new Chairperson of DCW .
ii. She is the wife of Aam Admi Party Leader Navin Jaihind.
Delhi Commission for Women is constituted with aim to investigate and examine all matters relating to the safeguards provided for women under the constitution and other laws.
2. ASHISH BAHUGUNA APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF FOOD SAFETY REGULATOR FSSAI.
i. Ashish Bahuguna appointed as chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
· FSSAI was established under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 which consolidates various acts and orders related to food issues.
· FSSAI comes under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
· Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: J.P NADDA
3. INDIA SIGNED LOAN AGREEMENT OF $ 300 MILLION WITH ADB FOR NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION (NUHM)
i. Asian development Bank has signed an agreement of $ 300 million for NUHM
NUHM :It was started in 2013.Its aim is to improve the health status of country’s urban population and providing quality health services to the urban poor .It covers all 779 cities with a population of above 50,000.
ADB:Established in 1966
Headquarter of ADB at Manila,Philippines
4. WOMEN’S RECURVE ARCHERY TEAM QUALIFIES FOR RIO OLYMPICS
i. The Indian women’s recurve archery team qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics by reaching the final of the World Archery championship at Copenhagen in Denmark.
ii. The women’s trio comprising Laxmi Rani, Rimil Buriuly and Deepika Kumari qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
· 2016 summer Olympics at Rio de Janerio , Brazil
· Motto: Live your Passion
· Mascot: Vinicius and Tom
5. SEBI CANCELS LICENSE OF SAHARA MUTUAL FUNDS
i. Securities exchange board of India cancels Registration of Sahara Mutual funds, as it was no longer fit and proper to carry out its business.
ii. Sahara India Company is involved in the high profile alleged investor fraud case involving estimated Rs 24000 crore of 3 crore investors.
iii. Subrata Roy : Chief of Sahara Group.
6. SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE TO BE TESTED IN ISRAEL:
i. The long range surface to air missile LR-SAM developed with the help of Israel is to be tested in Israel .
ii. The missile can reach targets upto 70 km is developed by DRDO and Israel Aero Space industry.
DRDO – Defense Research Development Organization Headquarter at New Delhi.
· President of Israel : Reuven Rivlin
· Capital of Israel : Jerusalem
· Currency of Israel : Israeli new Shekel
· India and Israel both countries are good partners .India is the largest buyer of Israeli Military equipment and Israel is 2nd largest defense supplier to India after Russia.
